Chapter 6
by 
Nemo of Utopia
How do you react to his insulting tone?
Intimidation, +K:N&R Bonus
You draw yourself up to your full height and look down your nose at him. "My good man, I am not only a Pear of the Realm, but was accorded a full Count's rank by the Queen's own hand less than two weeks gone! Therefore, if you value your position, you will go announce me at once!" You state and the man recoils as if you had just become an enormous scorpion!
"Yes your Lordship, at once!" He all but squeaks and scurries inside.
You wait a few minutes and a different, much older, man appears, having the air about him of a majordomo or head butler.
"If you would come with me your Lordship, I will show you into the drawing room where you may wait while Miss Chelsea prepares to receive you. Your men of course may go around back with your carriage and await your pleasure in the stable. Come along and it please you." He says in a stiff formal accent that speaks of longstanding service and experience with the noble orders.
You detect no trace of malice or low cunning in his voice, and follow along readily enough.
The Entry hall is large and welcoming, done all in pink marble with a carbuncle chandelier, and but you keep yourself from gawping and are shortly ensconced in the drawing room.
Some 15 minutes pass, and then the majordomo reappears and says, "Miss Chelsea is ready to receive you now, and best of luck with her. Her betrothed Sir Andrew Samarium died just over a year ago and she is only recently out of formal mourning, yet the pain of it all is still rather raw. I doubt she will yet be receptive to your suit, but good luck all the same."
You are shown in to the sitting room where Miss Chelsea, who smiles for you, though it does not reach her eyes, awaits you in a yellow satin dress.
You sit and try to find an icebreaker...